Illustrated Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Plant Pests and Diseases in China (Volumes 1 and 2, Color Edition)

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Publisher: China City Press
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Features:
■ Professional Rigor Professor Lei Zengpu has been engaged in scientific research and teaching on plant diseases of landscape and ornamental plants for over 40 years, accumulating extensive research achievements and practical experience. During the writing process, he collaborated with senior professionals from other institutions, forming a strong alliance. Upon completion, the book was comprehensively reviewed by Professor Chen Junyu, a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, ensuring its high scientific rigor and authority.
■ Strong Practicality This book is tailored to the practical needs of urban landscape greening, focusing on the diagnosis and control of plant diseases and pests in ornamental plant management. It provides practical and accurate diagnostic methods, along with effective prevention strategies, emphasizing green control to protect the environment—this is the pursuit and distinctive feature of the book.
■ Up-to-Date and Comprehensive Content The book highlights plant diseases and pests affecting China’s top ten famous flowers, modern-introduced ornamentals, mainstream market varieties, provincial and municipal flowers, etc. It also focuses on difficult-to-detect and control diseases such as viral, phytoplasma, and nematode infections, as well as those affecting Olympic flowers. In terms of prevention, it emphasizes integrated management measures, avoiding the use of environmentally harmful pesticides. The authors, with extensive expertise, leverage the advantages of higher education institutions and combine their decades of research and production experience to introduce readers to the latest and most effective diagnostic methods for over 1,360 plant diseases and pests, including physiological disorders. Accompanying the text are over 1,500 color illustrations, providing detailed and up-to-date, illustrated content.
With the rapid development of urban landscape greening, the diagnosis and control of plant diseases and pests in ornamental plant management have become a top priority. This atlas covers over 1,360 plant diseases and pests and physiological disorders on nearly 600 ornamental plants, featuring over 1,500 color photographs of pathogens and pests, along with their damage characteristics. Each disease or pest is accompanied by detailed text, including Latin names, symptoms, occurrence patterns, and practical control techniques. The diagnosis emphasizes accuracy, directness, and efficiency, while prevention focuses on green, non-toxic methods such as cultivation techniques, biological controls, and the use of new pesticides, with an emphasis on reducing environmental pollution and promoting green pest management.
The book is practical, richly illustrated, and written in accessible language with strong operational value. It serves as an excellent reference for landscape professionals, students and faculty in plant protection, landscape architecture, and horticulture, as well as amateur ornamental plant enthusiasts.